Hypnotherapy

Accredited Hypnotherapist 

Mark Hockey DHP Acc.Hyp

Member of The Professional Hypnotherapy Practitioner Association

Book a FREE 30 minute consultation via the contact message area at the bottom of this page or telephone 07545 002622.

Hypnotherapy is an increasingly popular alternative therapy that works at the root of many problems. Your mind is incredibly powerful, but sometimes it can hold us back or work against us. Hypnotherapy uses hypnosis to tap into your subconscious mind and create changes that can quite literally change your life.

Hypnotherapy is suitable for all ages and is a safe & effective therapy. Changes can be seen after only a few sessions usually and is also long-lasting. 

Every client is assessed to make sure they are suited to Hypnotherapy. The individual needs to want to change themselves and if they do , I can certainly help. Despite what people think what hypnotherapy is – it is not about controlling people but to simply using suggestions to help to change their behaviour and habits.

So contrary to popular belief, hypnosis is not a state of deep sleep.  It does involve the induction of a trance-like condition,  the patient is actually in an enhanced state of awareness, concentrating  entirely on the hypnotist's voice.  In this state, the conscious mind is suppressed and the subconscious mind is revealed.

The therapist is able to suggest ideas, concepts and lifestyle adaptations to the patient, the seeds of which become firmly planted.The practice of promoting healing or positive development in any way is known as hypnotherapy.  As such, hypnotherapy is a kind of psychotherapy.  Hypnotherapy aims to re-programme patterns of behaviour within the mind, enabling irrational fears, phobias, negative thoughts and suppressed  emotions to be overcome. As the body is released from conscious control during the relaxed trance-like state of hypnosis, breathing becomes slower and deeper, the pulse rate drops and the metabolic rate falls. Similar changes along nervous pathways and hormonal channels enable the sensation of pain to become less acute, and the awareness of unpleasant  symptoms, such as nausea or indigestion, to be alleviated.

Hypnosis is stated to work by altering our state of consciousness in such a way that the analytical left-hand side of the brain is turned off, while the non-analytical right-hand side is made more alert.  The conscious control of the mind is inhibited, and the subconscious mind  awoken.  Since the subconscious mind is a deeper-seated, more instinctive  force than the conscious mind, this is the part which has to change  for the patient's behaviour and physical state to alter.

For example, a patient who consciously wants to overcome their fear of say heights may try everything they consciously can to do it, but will still fail as long as their subconscious mind retains this terror and prevents the patient from succeeding.  Progress can only be made be reprogramming  the subconscious so that deep-seated instincts and beliefs are abolished or altered.

Firstly, any misconceptions a potential patient may have about hypnosis should be dispelled.  The technique does not involve the patient being  put into a deep sleep, and the patient cannot be made to do anything they would not ordinarily do.   They remain fully aware of their surroundings  and situation, and are not vulnerable to every given command of the  therapist.  The important thing is that the patient wants to change some behavioural habit or addiction and is highly motivated to do so.  They have to want the treatment to work and must establish a good clinical rapport with the therapist in order for it to do so……

The readiness and ability of patients to be hypnotised varies considerably and hypnotherapy generally requires several sessions in order to achieve meaningful results.  However the patient can learn the technique of self-hypnosis which can be practiced at home, to reinforce the usefulness of formal sessions with the therapist.  This can help counter distress and anxiety-related conditions.

I am able to assist adults and children in  a large variety of areas, many of which are listed below. 

Please contact me about any other issues that are not listed.

• Alcohol abuse
• Overcome dental/ needle phobia
• Anger Management
• Stress management
• Anxiety
• Blushing
• Depression
• Coping with grief and moving on
• Drug addiction
• Exam nerves
• Flying phobia
• Gambling addiction
• Insomnia
• Low self confidence
• Low self esteem
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Pain management
• Panic attacks
• Phobias
• Resolve relationship issues
• Enhance physical performance
• Pass your driving test without nerves
• No more stuttering
• Weight loss control

PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON AT OUR THERAPY ROOM TROUGH EITHER ILL HEALTH OR DISTANCE THEN IT MAY BE CARRIED OUT VIA VIDEO CALL.  PLEASE MAKE SURE OF A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION FOR YOUR SESSION.

If you need more information , please contact us using the form below to either answer any questions you may have already or to make an appointment for a FREE confidential 30 mins consultation in the comfort of our therapy room.

Goodbye to Smoking - some moments when you smoke listed below, these can be stopped with hypnotherapy. I reach for a cigarette      When I first wake up         With my first cup of tea or coffee in the morning           After breakfast               When I’m on the phone  or when I’m travelling         Before entering my place of work         During my elevenses         When I’m at work         When I   have a lunch break         When I’m feeling stressed         When I’m bored         When I’m alone           When I’m feeling nervous         After a meal         After completing a task         In conversation with others                  When I want to feel confident When I’m drinking or socializing with friends     Going to bed   

97% of people will give up smoking after 2 sessions. The first session will be a consultation plus the relaxing hypnotherapy session for quitting smoking.  The second session, if needed, will be a booster session to firmly fix into your mind your new thought patterns around non smoking.

If any more sessions are needed after this for stopping smoking  they will be an additional £60 each.

PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON AT OUR THERAPY ROOM TROUGH EITHER ILL HEALTH OR DISTANCE THEN IT MAY BE CARRIED OUT VIA VIDEO CALL.  PLEASE MAKE SURE OF A STRONG INTERNET CONNECTION FOR YOUR SESSION.

 This session you can find yourself  floating out of your body even outside of the building on a lovely journey.